Lou Rawls Remains Dead at 72

[Hardrock69]

Grammy-Winning Singer Lou Rawls Dies

01/06/2006 11:06 AM, AP


Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to sell more than 40 million albums has died at age 72. He won three Grammy Awards in a career that spanned nearly five decades and a range of genres.

Rawls died early Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was hospitalized last month for treatment of lung and brain cancer, his publicist Paul Shefrin said. His wife Nina was at his bedside when he died, Shefrin said.

The family and Shefrin said Rawls was 72, although other records indicate he was 70.

http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/28254819

[Mr. Vengeance]

Youuuuuu'llll never fiiiinnnnnd....another love like miiiiiine.

[VonHalen]

some one who carrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrres about you......the way iiiiiiiiiiii do

[FORD]

Your gonna miss your gonna miss myyyyyyy loooooooove

[lesfunk]

Lou Rawls Remains Dead at 72 RIP

BY STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN

Friday January 06, 2006 11:00 AM EST



Singer Lou Rawls died of lung cancer and complications of pneumonia on Friday morning at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his spokesman announced. He was 72.

Only last month it was revealed that the singer, whose many hits include "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," was battling cancer of the lung and brain.

At the time, Rawls told the Arizona Republic, "Don't count me out, brother."

The lung cancer was diagnosed in 2004 and the brain cancer the following May, Rawls's estranged wife, Nina, said during a marriage annulment hearing in December in Arizona. The singer lived in Scottsdale.

The divorce was acrimonious, with Rawls's stating in court papers that he was trying to annul his 2-year marriage and protect hundreds of thousands of dollars of assets that he contended his wife "absconded with," reported the Associated Press.

Nina Rawls, 35, a former flight attendant who has worked as her estranged husband's manager since 2003, said she transferred nearly $350,000 into an account that she solely controls to prevent one of Rawls's adult daughters from seizing the funds.

Rawls's previous marriage, to Lana Rawls with whom he had three children, ended in divorce. He also had a child with Nina.



The Chicago-born Rawls, who learned to sing as a child in his Baptist church's choir and ultimately made his Hollywood Bowl debut (presented by Dick Clark) in 1959, sold more than 40 million albums during a career spanning more than four decades.

The singer was playing small blues and R&B clubs in Los Angeles when he caught the ear of a Capitol Records producer, who signed him to the label in 1962. His 1966 hit, "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing," topped the charts and earned Rawls two Grammy nominations. He received 13 during his career.

Besides the recordings that highlighted his four-octave range – and drew admiration from fellow crooner Frank Sinatra – Rawls also lent his voice to the 1998 Rugrats movie and appeared the same year in the movie Blues Brothers 2000.

Rawls released his most recent album, Seasons 4 U, in 1998 on his own label, Rawls & Brokaw Records.

He is survived by his four children, Louanna Rawls, Lou Rawls Jr., Kendra Smith and Aiden Rawls

[Va Beach VH Fan]

"You'll never find.... "

RIP Lou....

[clarathecarrot]

I do a great Lou Rawls impersonation, have since I was 5 years old, he was the greatest singer, one of the greatest ever.

Cool doesn't begin to describe his vibe.

RIP.

[Coyote]

[hambon4lif]

Respect

R.I.P.

[Mr Walker]

I feel like drinking a Budweiser.

[chefcraig]

During the 1982 World Series, Mr. Rawls performed the national anthem in such a deeply moving way that it prompted one of the few times in history my father and I ever agreed on anything. This performance was only topped by his rendition made during the opening of a Monday Night Football game played in Chicago a few years previously.

RIP, Mr. Rawls, and thank you for your time.

[FORD]

Ummmm..... did anybody notice the date on this article?

Poor Lou. I guess his lovin isn't the only thing some people missed

[lesfunk]

It took quite a few posts to catch that though...

[FORD]

Maybe because I was one of the 4 people who noticed his passing the first time?

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showthread.php?31783-R.i.p-Lou-Rawls

[lesfunk]

Please change the title of this thread to " Lou Rawls still dead at 78"